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Upcoming Needs:

Saturday Night Lights – May-October

The ultimate Tryon tradition – “Saturday Night Lights” (SNL) – features free family fun coupled with world-class equestrian sport creating a favorite community event all season long.

• A table, chairs, and tablecloth
• Reserved section in the stands for your organization to sit together during the Grand Prix Horse Show.
•  Reserved parking
•  Logo on the jumbotron
•  Inclusion in our weekly events newsletter

• Marketing materials and ability to sell items for fundraisers:  girl scout cookies, Kiwanis brooms, “can” drive for local churches, coat drive, backpack drive for schools, etc…
• Volunteers to help us for the evening. We request 6-8 volunteers to sign up to be Greeters each Saturday night that you set up a table. Please click here for the online signup.  Each volunteer will need to create and account and signup as a greeter.

USPC Championships East – July 24-28

The USPC Championships East returns to TIEC for its third appearance at the venue, continuing Tryon Resort’s strong relationship with the United States Pony Club and celebrating multidisciplinary competition and horsemanship July 24-28, 2019. Members compete as part of a team and are judged on riding abilities, as well as horse management skills, in seven disciplines: Dressage, Eventing, Show Jumping, Games, Polocrosse, Tetrathlon, and Quiz (non-riding, knowledge based competition).

73rd Tryon Block House Races – October 5

This historic event celebrates the stunning display of power and speed that is steeplechase with tailgating, hat and “go to heck” pants contests, plus five races and a total purse of $135,000 up for grabs, all for an unforgettable day.

 Young Horse Show Series Finals – November 7-10

The Young Horse Show Series is designed to provide sport horse breeders as well as owners, trainers and riders of all disciplines an affordable show venue to introduce and evaluate their young horses to the show environment and “put on necessary mileage” with appropriate and special classes suitable to the proper development of young horses.  It is also intended to create a sales environment where numerous young horses are in a single location and their talents displayed in front of a buying audience.

 Winterfest – Saturdays in December

Celebrating the season with festive events, lights, and music, TIEC’s Winterfest tradition is hosted Saturdays in December and includes Breakfast with Santa, Story time with Mrs. Claus, cookie decorating and more!

Helpful Documents:

Volunteer Waiver: click here to sign

Required online signature for all volunteers annually.

Click here to view the TIEC Seven Standards of Service Orientation

Volunteer Portal User Guide:

Click to learn more about how to create an account online and sign up for volunteer events.